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James Blake’s set took place on the third and final day of Governors Ball, right about when the sun was on its way down. Sure, it would have been a bit more fitting for Blake to play in the dark of the night, but hearing him croon as the sun was setting was the next best thing.Read the rest of this entry »

Last Friday James Blake stopped by BBC Radio 1 as a part of the station’s Residency Program. During his takeover, he used the time to share a new song from him titled “40455.”

It’s a dark moody, somewhat minimal sounding effort from Blake, that fans of his will definitely have no problem swooning over. His label 1-800-Dinosaur was cool enough to get a radio rip for us on soundcloud. That’s the future right there, folks.

James Blake is this year’s winner of the prestigious Barclaycard Mercury Prize for his album, Overgrown. The prize honors Blake with the award of the best British album from the past year. With the win, Blake comes home with a £20,000 cash prize ($32,000) as well as a trophy. A panel of music critics and industry insiders vote on the prize.

Blake beat out artists such as Arctic Monkeys, David Bowie, Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Foals, Savages, and Villagers. While Arctic Monkeys would have (obviously) been my first choice, I’m happy for Blake.

James Blake serenaded NYC two nights this week at Terminal 5 in support of his new album Overgrown, and our new photographer Dana Pacifico was there to capture the action during his first show on Tuesday. Check out the rest of her photos from the evening below.

It was weird enough to see that RZA was featured on “Take A Fall For Me”, a song from James Blake’s new album Overgrown. It’s even weirder to see that RZA joined James Blake during his live performance at Coachella over the weekend. RZA made things even more weird by bringing a girl on stage and rapping his verses to her. It was slightly strange and definitely a little awkward.

James Blake and his 1-800-Dinosaur label have released a cool video for “Voyeuer” a track off his soon to be released new album Overgrown (out April 8). It starts with a record spinning the song, and soon you dive into the record and into a world where all the magic happens.

James Blake’s label 1-800-Dinosaur released another new track from Overgrown, “Digital Lion.” The song features Brian Eno and is an eclectic mix of soulful sounds.

Earlier in the day Potholes In My Blog/Gorilla vs Bear unlocked a dub remix of another new track from Overgrown, titled “Voyeur.” It’s a radio rip from BBC Radio 1. Take a listen to that as well below.

Today James Blake announced his new album Overgrown. It’s due out April 8 via Republic Records. Zane Lowe also premiered “Overgrown”, the album’s first single, today on the radio.

A radio rip has emerged and “Retrograde” sounds just as great as when Blake previewed at at Bowery Ballroom last December. It’s a sultry r&b jam that is full of looped vocals that will make all the ladies out there swoon with ease. Blake is back in a strong way.

James Blake sold out Bowery Ballroom with ease. The crowd was packed in tight, with no room to breath. Blake delighted the crowd with a mix of his own favorites (“The Wilhelm Scream”, “Lindisfarne I + II”, “Limit To Your Love”, “I Never Learnt To Share”) as well as a plethera of new material that was all very encouraging. The new stuff seemed to have a connected thread, which leads me to believe a new album is on the horizon. If the new stuff is recorded as well as it was performed live last night, it will be a very solid album.